Charles Husband

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Sir Henry Charles Husband (1908–1983) was a leading architect and consulting engineer in Great Britain. His offices were based in Sheffield, England. He designed bridges and major civil engineering works and had a role in designing the Jodrell Bank^[1] radio telescope.

Biography

Husband was educated at King Edward VII School in Sheffield. He founded Husband & Co, Consulting Engineers, in Sheffield and assisted in the design of Jodrell Bank and Goonhilly Downs aerials.^[2]^[3]

Husband won the Royal Medal in 1965.^[4] He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1965-65.

References

↑ "The History of Jodrell Bank | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics". Jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
↑ "The Edwardian 1997". Oldedwardians.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
↑ "Charles Husband : Oxford Biography Index entry (subscription required)". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
↑ "Royal Medal". Retrieved 2008-12-06.

v t e Jodrell Bank Observatory

Timeline Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Jodrell Bank Observatory

Telescopes	Lovell Telescope Mark II Mark III MERLIN Tenerife Experiment Very Small Array

Directors	Bernard Lovell Francis Graham-Smith Rod Davies Andrew Lyne Phil Diamond

Engineers	Charles Husband

Astronomers	Robert Hanbury Brown Roger Clifton Jennison

Other	Jodcast

Persondata
Name	Husband, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	British architect
Date of birth	1908
Place of birth
Date of death	1983
Place of death

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